[AT] Barley Harvest

[charlie hill]

after looking at the picture I had the same question as John.
Why would a guy use a nice tractor to pull a wagon that a
mule, donkey or perhaps a camel could pull and let it sit
idle while he did all the work by hand?  But then after looking at the other 
pictures
and reading the replies I think I figured it out.   The tourist!
Those folks hand cutting probably have 100 acres on the other side of the 
hill
being mechanically harvested but the part they are cutting by hand is near
the t-shirt stand that they also own.  Just my filthy capitalist pig mind
at work.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dennis Johnson
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 8:16 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Barley Harvest

John

Several farms in Israel are cutting and baling it. This is small patch on 
side of small mountains. Across road there were shepard's with flock of 
sheep living in caves similar to bible times.

Dennis

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> On May 6, 2016, at 1:22 AM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Mighty large looking field, how come they are doing this by hand instead
> of at least using a grain binder? The tractor looks fairly modern as
> well as the wagon.
>
> John Hall
>
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>> On 5/5/2016 2:17 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
>> Watching Bedioun farmers cutting barley with hand sickle in Israel.
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